Part One: Basic surgical concepts
Chapter 1. Skin structure and surgical anatomy
June K. Robinson and E. Ratcliffe Anderson

Chapter 2. Aseptic technique
Christie T. Ammirati

Chapter 3. Anesthesia and analgesia
Teresa T. Soriano, Gary P. Lask and Scott M. Dinehart

Chapter 4. Instruments and materials
Melissa A. Bogle and Aaron K. Joseph

Chapter 5. Patient evaluation, informed consent, preoperative assessment and care
Howard Fein and Allison T. Vidimos

Chapter 6. Digital imaging in dermatologic surgery
Rhett J. Drugge and Mark Naylor

Chapter 7. Wound healing
Jie Li and Robert S. Kirsner

Chapter 8. Dressings/post-op care
Tania J. Phillips and May Oh

Chapter 9. Antibiotics
Anne F. Haas

Chapter 10. Large equipment and design of the surgical suite, including monitoring devices
Brett Coldiron and Mary Maloney

Chapter 11. Dermatology office accreditation
W. Patrick Davey

Part Two: Essential surgical skills
Chapter 12. Electrosurgery, electrocoagulation, electrofulguration, electrodesiccation, electrrosection and electrocautery
Seaver L. Soon and Carl V. Washington

Chapter 13. Cryosurgery
Gilberto Castro-Ron and Paola Pasquali

Chapter 14. Skin biopsy techniques: shave, saucerization, scissor, punch, incisional and excisional
Carlos Garcia

Chapter 15. Incision, draining and exterioization techniques
Frederick S. Fish and Jeffrey A. Squires

Chapter 16. Suturing technique and other closure materials
Sarah Weitzul and R. Stan Taylor

Chapter 17. Hemostasis
Tri H. Nguyen

Chapter 18. Ellipse, ellipse variations and dog-ear repair
Samuel E. Book, Sumaira Z. Aasi and David J. Leffell

Chapter 19. Layered closures, complex closures with suspension sutures and plication of SMAS
Edgar F. Fincher, Hayes B. Gladstone and Ronald L. Moy

Chapter 20. Repair of the split earlobe, ear piercing and earlobe reduction
Sirunya Silapunt and Leonard H. Goldberg

Chapter 21. Random pattern cutaneous flaps
Jonathon L. Cook and Glenn Goldman

Chapter 22. Axial pattern flaps
Joel Cook and John Zitelli

Chapter 23. Skin grafting
Dane R. Christensen, Christopher J. Arpey and Duane C. Whitaker

Chapter 24. Regional reconstruction: trunk, extremeties, hands, feet, face- perioral, periorbital, cheek, nose, forehead, ear, neck and scalp
Camille Mason, Christopher J. Arpey and Duane C. Whitaker

Chapter 25. Scar revision
Ken K. Lee, Annalisa K. Gorman and Neil A. Swanson

Part Three: Aesthetic surgical procedures
Chapter 26. Psychosocial issues and the cosmetic surgery patient
Dee Anna Glaser and Jason Layman

Chapter 27. Evaluation and treatment of the aging face
Lisa M. Donofrio

Chapter 28. Soft tissue augmentation
Roberta D. Sengelmann, Stacey Tull and Sheldon V. Pollack

Chapter 29. Chemical peels
Sue Ellen Cox and Kimberly J. Butterwick

Chapter 30. Implants
J. Michael Carney

Chapter 31. Use of Botulinum Toxin Type A in facial rejuvenation
Alastair Carruthers and Jean Carruthers

Chapter 32. Liposuction
Naomi Lawrence and Janie M. Leonhardt

Chapter 33. Autologous fat transfer
Kimberly J. Butterwick

Chapter 34. Follicular unit hair transplantation
Robert M. Bernstein

Chapter 35. Laser hair removal
Sandy Tsao and George Hruza

Chapter 36. Microdermabrasion and dermabrasion
James M. Spencer and Christopher B. Harmon

Chapter 37. Laser treatment of tattoos and pigmented lesions
Vivek Iyengar, Kenneth Arndt and Thomas E. Rohrer

Chapter 38. Laser skin resurfacing, ablative and nonablative
Tina S. Alster and Elizabeth L. Tanzi

Chapter 39. Laser treatment of vascular conditions
Arielle N.B. Kauvar and Agneta Troilius

Chapter 40. Endovenous ablation techniques with ambulatory phlebectomy for varicose veins
Mitchel P. Goldman and Robert A. Weiss

Chapter 41. Minimum incision face lift
Robert C. Langdon, Gerhard Sattler and C. William Hanke

Chapter 42. Blepharoplasty and browlift
Brent R. Moody and Paul J. Weber

Chapter 43. Rejuvenation of the neck using liposuction and other techniques
Carolyn I. Jacob and Michael S. Kaminer

Part Four: Special procedures
Chapter 44. Keloid management
Hilary Baldwin

Chapter 45. Nail surgery
Eckart Haneke and Monica Lawry

Chapter 46. Leg ulcer management
Carlos A. Charles, Anna F. Falabella and Adolfo F. Fernández-Obregón

Chapter 47. Benign subcutaneous lesions: cysts and lipomas
Jessica J. Krant and John A. Carucchi

Chapter 48. Mohs micrographic surgery and cutaneous oncology
Hugh Greenway and Kurt Maggio

Chapter 49. Skin cancer in the organ transplant patient
Daniel Berg and Thomas Stasko

Chapter 50. Management of Dysplastic Nevi and Melanoma
Carol L. Huang, Ashfaq A. Marghoob and Allan C. Halpern

Index